Save the Date! Workforce Grand Rounds Webinar Series: Strengthening the Health Workforce Education Pipeline

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Save the Date!

Workforce Grand Rounds
Webinar Series:
Strengthening the Health Workforce Education Pipeline: Tools, Resources and Outcomes

August 15th, 2017
2:00-3:30pm EST


Purpose: 

To increase awareness of education pipeline programs and share innovative, best practices regarding the need to recruit and retain underrepresented minorities (URM) to strengthen the health workforce.   

Objectives:

  1. Provide the federal perspective on the shortage of racial and ethnic diversity in the health workforce and the value of education pipeline programs.
  2. Highlight innovative approaches and best practice strategies for health workforce pipeline programs.
  3. Discuss successful methods to increase recruitment and retention of URM to strengthen the health workforce
  4. Share successful outcomes and measures for health workforce education pipeline programs.  


About:

The Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW) programs provide financial support to institutions and individuals to enhance training programs and support practice in underserved communities. 

The Workforce Grand Rounds webinar series' goal is to improve health professions training with the intention to increase the number of high-quality health professionals, particularly in rural and underserved communities.